piece I did for @polarlightszine !!!
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Rough-legged Hawk
A hawk on the wing can inspire the imagination to conjure all manner of interesting histories.
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Rough-legged Hawk, a fantastic find by local birders! And a lifer for me :)
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if you could be a bird, what would you be?
goodness, what a question. it would almost certainly be a raptor. I love the stealthy violence with which they hunt and attack, and the meditative perching in between. I also want to spend time up on the tundra, which limits the possibilities.
both the Gyrfalcon (the official bird of the Northwest Territories, where I grew up), and the Rough-Legged Hawk would be excellent choices. I am drawn to their white morphs (coloration), and am intrigued/puzzled by their propensity to nest on cliff faces (which seems unsafe).
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lost my eraser in the middle of drawing old bird man perhaps it is a sign from the universe to go to SLEEP
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Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus)
© Phil Hyde
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Rough-legged buzzard
By: R. Charters
From: Gerald & Lee Durrell in Russia
1986
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Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1874 - 1927)
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An Old Friend
An old friend returned yesterday, and stuck around a while so I could get some pictures 🙂
When I first moved to Cripple Creek seven years ago, I walked Big Dog every day down the quiet stretch of road that leads to the south end of town and out to the dog park. One day I spotted a beautiful hawk perched upon one of the street lights. All I had at the time was my old 70-200 f4L lens, so I had to…
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